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| AUS NSW Weston | 1905+ |
| AUS NSW East Greta (now Gillieston Heights) | 1900-1910 |
| AUS NSW Hamilton Commonage | 1883-1900 |
| ENG NBL Cramlington | 1840+ |
| ENG WRY Keighley | pre 1840 |
This family, originating in the West Riding of Yorkshire (WRY), moved to the Tynemouth district of Northumberland during the 1840s and became a Geordie coal mining family. At least two branches of this family came to New South Wales from the 1880s. One branch settled on the Newcastle and South Maitland Coalfields. Another branch settled in Lithgow and Sydney, with one member of the family becoming a member of State Parliament.
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James ROBERTS coal miner, labourer born ca 1812 Keighley WRY ENG, died 24 Oct 1869 Cramlington NBL ENG m 7 Nov 1846 West Hartford, Horton NBL ENG Phillis BURNS born ca 1826 Spittal, Tweedmouth NBL ENG, died 16 May 1891 East Cramlington NBL ENG (she m (ii) 12 Dec 1874 St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne NBL ENG widower Joseph TIPLADY coal miner, colliery overman b ca 1818 Ryton DUR ENG) | | |
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James ROBERTS coal miner born 30 Sep 1847 Wark, Ford, Glendale, Carham NBL ENG m ca May 1871 probably at East Cramlington NBL Elizabeth Jane TEMPERLEY b ca Aug 1848 Arcot Hall NBL ENG had issue |
Mary Burns ROBERTS born ca 1850 Alnwick NBL ENG probably m ca Aug 1869 Tynemouth NBL Thomas WALLACE colliery wood sawyer b ca 1845 Causey East NBL ENG had issue |
Robert "Bobby" ROBERTS coal miner, champion cyclist born 6 Jan 1852 Cramlington NBL ENG died 5 Jan 1933 Maud Street, Belmont NSW AUS bur 7 Jan 1933 Kurri Kurri NSW AUS m 8 Dec 1881 Seghill, Tynemouth NBL ENG Harriet ROUSE born 6Sep 1866 North Seaton Colliery NBL ENG died 6 Jul 1937 Kurri Kurri NSW AUS bur 7 Jul 1937 Kurri Kurri NSW AUS | | |
Elizabeth ROBERTS born ca Aug 1854 Cramlington NBL ENG died 6 Feb 1904 Hindmarsh West SA AUS bur 7 Feb 1904 Hindmarsh Cemetery SA AUS m 7 Oct 1871 Tynemouth NBL ENG Aquila Thomas WORTHLEY coal miner, labourer, mason and plasterer born 17 Nov 1851 Buckland Monachorum, Tavistock DEV ENG died 31 May 1941 West Hindmarsh SA AUS bur 2 Jun 1941 Hindmarsh Cemetery SA AUS had issue |
Thomas ROBERTS born ca May 1859 Cramlington NBL ENG died 9 Oct 1867 Cramlington Colliery NBL ENG "died aged 8 years after being run over by waggons in the colliery" |
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Elizabeth ROBERTS born 1 Mar 1887 Commonage, Hamilton NSW AUS died 30 Dec 1948 Hurstville NSW AUS bur 31 Dec 1948 Woronora NSW AUS m 13 Jan 1906 Registrar's Office, Newcastle NSW AUS Jasper Jolly CARTER born 1884 Wallsend NSW died 14 May 1957 Hurstville NSW AUS had issue |
Phillis ROBERTS born 30 Apr 1888 Commonage, Hamilton NSW AUS died 6 May 1966 Stockton NSW AUS bur 9 May 1966 Beresfield NSW AUS m 28 Nov 1906 Congregational Church, Weston NSW AUS William Amos BUTLER storekeeper, grocer born 1879 Waratah NSW died 16 Nov 1952 Hamilton NSW AUS had issue |
Mary ROBERTS born 26 Mar 1892 Commonage, Hamilton NSW AUS died 22 Oct 1893 Gosford Road, Hamilton NSW AUS bur 23 Oct 1893 Sandgate NSW AUS |
Eveline ROBERTS born 17 Jul 1894 Commonage, Hamilton NSW AUS died 23 Feb 1968 Kurri Kurri NSW AUS bur 26 Feb 1968 Beresfield NSW AUS m 26 Jul 1916 Kurri Kurri NSW AUS Albert Henry WILLIAMS boilermaker, commissionaire, dynamo attendant, projectionist born 26 Apr 1879 Mount Perry QLD AUS died 27 Jun 1948 Weston NSW AUS had issue |
Robert ROBERTS born 8 Jun 1900 East Greta (now Gillieston Heights) NSW AUS died 13 Oct 1966 Kurri Kurri NSW AUS m 8 Jun 1918 Kurri Kurri NSW AUS Alice HENDERSON born 13 Jul 1902 West Wallsend NSW AUS died 20 May 1976 Weston NSW AUS had issue |
James ROBERTS born 21 Feb 1904 West Wallsend NSW AUS died 4 Apr 1986 Dudley NSW AUS bur 7 Apr 1986 Beresfield NSW AUS m 12 Sep 1925 Catherine Hill Bay NSW AUS Dulcie Maud ASHMAN born 21 Feb 1906 Lambton NSW AUS died 24 Apr 1992 had issue |